What is a good competitive moveset for Darmanitan-galar-zen? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Darmanitan is a sensational Ice and Fire-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Darmanitan out in the 8th generation battlefield. Darmanitan is weak to Fighting, Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Darmanitan-Galar-Zen Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry Ability: Zen Mode Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA) EVs: 24 Hp / 252 Atk / 116 Def / 116 SpD Moveset: - Flare Blitz / Fire Punch - Superpower / Hammer Arm - Earthquake - Iron Head / Zen Headbutt
Physical Sweeper Darmanitan-Galar-Zen (Zen Mode)
Darmanitan is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Darmanitan from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Zen Mode, if darmanitan at end of turn changes mode to standard if > 1/2 max hp else zen. Iron Head or Zen Headbutt are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Darmanitan). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's speed by 1 stage). ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Darmanitan-galar-zen? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Species: Darmanitan-Galar-Zen Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry Ability: Zen Mode Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA) EVs: 24 Hp / 252 Atk / 116 Def / 116 SpD Moveset: - Flare Blitz / Fire Punch - Earthquake / Bulldoze - Rock Slide - Superpower / Hammer Arm
Darmanitan is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Darmanitan from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Zen Mode, if darmanitan at end of turn changes mode to standard if > 1/2 max hp else zen.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Darmanitan). ♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Darmanitan's speed by 1 stage).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Darmanitan-galar-zen learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Darmanitan-galar-zen can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Darmanitan-galar-zen
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